Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
FABACEAE
- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Nomencl. ref.: Fl. Franç., ed. 2, 2: 594. 1779
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Yellow sweetclover
English name: common melilot English name: field melilot
Spanish name: trébol de olor
French name: mélilot officinal
Italian name: Meliloto comune
German name: gelber Steinklee
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Biennial, Perennial
Synonyms:
= Melilotus alba Medikus, orth. var.
= Melilotus albus Medik.
= Melilotus albus Medik. var. annuus Coe
= Melilotus arvensis Wallr.
= Melilotus leucanthus W.D.J. Koch ex DC.
= Melilotus lutea Gueldenst.
= Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. var. micranthus O.E. Schulz
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. var. micranthus O.E. Schulz
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Melilotus
Species:
Page counter: 4273 ( AVG: 222.34 / 291.399 )
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Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi
Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi
Melilotus officinalis
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Melilotus officinalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Tarvisio, area ruderale all'interno del centro abitato. , UD, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Melilotus officinalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Tarvisio, centro abitato, nei pressi del torrente. , UD, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Melilotus officinalis
Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de
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Melilotus officinalis
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Melilotus officinalis
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Melilotus officinalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Casentino, comune di Chiusi della Verna, ai margini dell'abitato, radura in area boscosa., AR, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Melilotus officinalis
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Melilotus officinalis
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Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi
Melilotus officinalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di San Dorligo/Dolina, località Pesek, ai margini dell'abitato, lungo la strada che conduce a Basovizza., TS, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi
Melilotus officinalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Tarvisio, area ruderale all'interno del centro abitato. , UD, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Melilotus officinalis
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 353.
Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi
Melilotus officinalis
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi
Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi
Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Melilotus officinalis
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. - Not copyrighted image
Melilotus officinalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Ischia, località Ischia Ponte, Castello Aragonese., NA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Melilotus officinalis
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Melilotus officinalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Ischia, località Ischia Ponte, Castello Aragonese., NA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Melilotus officinalis
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la
France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in
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Melilotus officinalis
Picture modified from Bley, Franz - Botanisches Bilderbuch (1897/98) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
Melilotus officinalis
P.H.W.Taubert - Leguminosae (1891) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (Puerto Rico), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
Map for Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. var. micranthus O.E. Schulz [143]
2) Melilotus ornithopodioides (L.) Desr. [88]
3) Melilotus siculus (Turra) Vitman ex B.D. Jacks. [358]
4) Melinis minutiflora P. Beauv. [2239]
5) Melinis tenuinervis Stapf [90]
6) Mellichampia sinaloensis (Brandegee) Kearney & Peebles [152]
7) Melochia tomentosa L. var. frutescens (Jacq.) A. DC. [192]
8) Melochia villosissima (C. Presl) Merr. var. villosissima [341]
9) Melothria microcarpa Shuttlw. [298]
10) Menendezia stahlii (Cogn.) Britton [221]
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